OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MANUAL HANDLING) REGULATIONS (NO. 32 OF 1997) - REG 3 3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—“manual handling” means any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any animate or inanimate object; “person in control” means a person referred to in section 29 of the Act; “representative on health and safety issues”, in relation to an employee, means

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MANUAL HANDLING) REGULATIONS (NO. 32 OF 1997) - REG 3

3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—“manual handling” means any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any animate or inanimate object; “person in control” means a person referred to in section 29 of the Act; “representative on health and safety issues”, in relation to an employee, means—

(a) where there is a health and safety representative selected under section 40 of the Act for a designated work group that includes the employee—the health and safety representative;

(b) where there is no health and safety representative, but there is an involved union—a representative of an involved union; or

(c) where there is no health and safety representative and no involved union, and more than 1 employee is required to carry out the manual handling task—an employee nominated by the employees required to carry out the manual handling task;

“the Act” means the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 .

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